Hello:
If my app requires relinking, then at link time
I would like to capture the current date and time and place it
in a last-minute source file which is linked with the application.
Following is my attempt at this with CMake.
The problems I can see are:
1 - It is not portable as it uses the OS date command.
2 - It is not portable as it calls gcc directly.
3 - It will not work with Debug or Release builds unless
I set additional target LINK_FLAGS_<type> properties.
4 - I wish the creation of the link_date.cc file could be
done inline of the add_custom_command instead of requiring
a separate file. (I got into quoting hell.)
5 - Sneaking link_date.o onto the link line with the LINK_FLAGS
property is kind of a hack.
Suggestions please.
Thanks in advance.
Bill
-------------------- CMake code --------------
# Note that this is a simplified version of the real thing
# and may contain syntax errors.
add_executable( myapp myapp.cc )
target_link_libraries( myapp lib1 lib2 )
set_target_properties( myapp PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS link_date.o )
add_custom_command(
TARGET myapp PRE_LINK
COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/create_link_date
COMMAND gcc -m32 -c -I${UTILDIR} link_date.cc
COMMENT "Make the link_date file"
VERBATIM
)
------------- Contents of create_link_date ----------
#!/bin/csh
echo 'const char *link_date() { return("'`date`'"); }' > link_date.cc
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